Window-shade mounting.



No. 767,741. PATBNTED AUG. 16, 1904. H. DITI'ENHBIMER & S. ERIKSON.

WINDOW SHADE MOUNTINGH APILIOATION FILED DEC). 18, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

[N V ENTOH5 A 7TOHNE r UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT OF ICE.

HENRY DITTENHEIMER AND SVEN ERIKSON, OF NEW? YORK, N. Y.

WINDOW-SHADE MOUNTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,741, dated. August 16, 1904.

Application filed December 18, 1903. Serial No. 185,661. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY DITTENHEIMER, a citizen of the United States of America, and SVEN ERIKsoN, a subject of the King of Sweden and Norway, both residents of the borough of Manhattan, New York city, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Mountings, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention consists of improved means for mounting a window-shade and for raising or lowering the upper sash of a window to facilitate shifting the sash and so that when the sash is lowered for ventilation or any other purpose it carries with it the window-shade to the extent of the movement of the sash to avoid obstruction of ventilation and so that the part of the window not required to be opened for ventilation still may be shaded sufiiciently for practical purposes, as hereinafter described, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which' Figure l is a front elevation of a window,

' showing the application of our improved bearing.

A represents the window-frame, Z) the lower.

sash, and c the stiles, and d the upper crosspiece of the upper'sash. At the upper corners and inside of the upper sash we mount brackets for the support of the curtainroller 6, which consist of avertical plate f for application to the front face of the sashframe with screw-holes for securing thereto a forwardly-projecting roller-bearing arm 9 and a foot-piece h at the lower end of the vertical plate f. The foot-piece carries an elastic pad 7; on its under side and is for a cushioned stop to the up movement. of the lower sash for lessening the shocks. The arm g has a'lateral offset 1' in the direction of the window-casing 7c in front of the middle close to the casing as may be, and the brackets are made in pairs, each being in reverse of the other in respect to these ofi sets and other features adapting them to the respective sides of the window.

From the front end of each bracket there is a pendent extension on, preferably under the roller pivot-bearing, for the connection of a-sash-shifting rod n for use in lowering and raising the sash, said shifter to be detachably connected, so as to be conveniently removed, if desired, at times when it is not required to open the sash and for greater convenience in handling before the attachments are applied to the Window. The means of such connection consists of a lateral perforation 0 through the extension and an angular reverse bend p of the upper end part of the shifter, which may be connected by presenting the said end to the hole with the shifter upturned to an angle of forty-five degrees, more or less, and thus inserted. Then the shifter, being swung down to the vertical position, cannot be detached by an upward thrust of it, as a plain hook can be, and it serves better for shifting the sash upward.

To prevent accidental upthrust of the rollerpivot 9, that is carried in the slotted pivotbearing an by its momentum when the sash being quickly shifted upward is suddenly arrested by the stops it, we have provided a finger r on a pivot s, set in the bearing-supporting arm g, to swing over pivot 9 through holes or notches t of the bearing-flanges u and prevent such upthrust. The finger r and its shank are preferably made in springy sheet metal, and a somewhat pointed extension 10 of the shank is bent, as shown in Fig. 6, to embracethe edge of the bearing-support and prevent disengagement of the finger r from the pivot by the shocks and jars to which it is subject in use, said extension being sufficiently yielding to be forced out of engagement with said edge and along the side of the bearing-support when finger r is pulled back to release the pivot, said finger having a tip 4) to facilitate the manipulation of the finger. The friction of point a on the side of the pivot-bearing also serves to retain the finger in its disengaged position, so as not to interfere with placing the roller-pivot in its bearing, as gravitating-stops do, making it necessary to hold them out of the way either in placing the roller-pivot in or taking it out of the bearing.

What we claim as our invention is l. The combination with an upper windowsash, of shade-roller-supporting brackets having the vertical perforated attaching-plate f with a sash-stop at the lower end, a rollerbearing arm 9 having the lateral offset 7' and the pendent shifter-connecting extension on.

2. The combination with an upper windowsash, of shade-roller-supporting brackets having the vertical perforated attaching-platef with a cushioned sash-stop 2' at the lower end, a roller-bearing arm 9 having the lateral oil'- set ,7' and the pendent shifter-connecting extension.

3. The combination with an upper windowsash, of the shade-roller-supporting brackets having the vertical perforated plate f with a cushioned sash-stop at the lower end, a rollerbearing arm g having the lateral oifset y, a pendent shifter-connecting extension, and a pendent shifter-rod having a reversely-bent end and connected by said end with the said extension.

4. The combination with an upper windowsash, of shade-roller-supportingbrackets having the vertical perforated attaching-plate f 30 HENRY DITTENHEIMER. SVEN ERIKSON.

l/Vitnesses:

(J. S'EDGWICK, J. M. HOWARD. 

